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Group therapy for patients with psychotic experiences is one of the
least known of the group therapies; it is also one of the most
diverse. This collection presents a range of methods, models and
settings for group therapy for psychoses, as well as exploring the
context for this type of treatment. Group Therapy for Psychoses
offers an international perspective on the current range of
practice in the field, in multiple care situations, contexts and
institutions; from acute units to therapeutic communities,
rehabilitation groups, self-help, and groups of those who hear
voices. Presented in two parts, the first covers the history,
evaluation and research methodologies of group therapy, while the
second explores specific examples of groups and settings. The book
tackles misconceptions about the treatment of psychoses and
emphasises the healing effects of group therapy. It underscores the
importance of training for selecting and conducting groups of
patients suffering from psychoses and suggests possible formats,
approaches and perspectives. The book's wide, reflexive and
practical collection of chapters together demonstrate how group
therapies can effectively help patients with psychotic experiences
to overcome their difficulties on their way to recovery. The book
will be of great use to clinicians working with people suffering
from psychosis, including psychiatrists, psychotherapists,
psychoanalysts, psychologists, physicians and social workers. It
will also appeal to group analysts, family therapists and CBT
practitioners, as well as to all researchers in these fields.
Group therapy for patients with psychotic experiences is one of the
least known of the group therapies; it is also one of the most
diverse. This collection presents a range of methods, models and
settings for group therapy for psychoses, as well as exploring the
context for this type of treatment. Group Therapy for Psychoses
offers an international perspective on the current range of
practice in the field, in multiple care situations, contexts and
institutions; from acute units to therapeutic communities,
rehabilitation groups, self-help, and groups of those who hear
voices. Presented in two parts, the first covers the history,
evaluation and research methodologies of group therapy, while the
second explores specific examples of groups and settings. The book
tackles misconceptions about the treatment of psychoses and
emphasises the healing effects of group therapy. It underscores the
importance of training for selecting and conducting groups of
patients suffering from psychoses and suggests possible formats,
approaches and perspectives. The book's wide, reflexive and
practical collection of chapters together demonstrate how group
therapies can effectively help patients with psychotic experiences
to overcome their difficulties on their way to recovery. The book
will be of great use to clinicians working with people suffering
from psychosis, including psychiatrists, psychotherapists,
psychoanalysts, psychologists, physicians and social workers. It
will also appeal to group analysts, family therapists and CBT
practitioners, as well as to all researchers in these fields.
Victimhood, vengefulness and forgiveness are topics which are
strongly felt in everyday life of many people but not investigated
enough as subjects for psychoanalytic methods. In the case of
victimhood, people may feel that suffering may be abused to the
point of exempt of concern for others and self-justification of
causing suffering to others. This form of abuse may arise guilt
and/or anger and in some cases may result in no-win situations in
which mutual aggression prevents any possibility of reconciliation.
In the case of vengefulness, wishes for revenge might evoke fear,
anger and moral indignation which eventually might push some people
towards acting out vengefulness in a destructive way. Forgiveness
might be suspected as an impossible illusion which undermine
constructive vision and learning from experience. By writing this
book the authors try to make these concepts acknowledged,
understood dynamically and accepted emphatically. Victimhood,
vengefulness and forgiveness represent a course of transformation
from destructive emotions and attitudes to a prospect of
reconciliation.
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